[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stretch/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / stretch # stretch verb (stretch, stretches, stretched, stretching); noun (a stretch, stretches) «stretch» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To make something longer or wider by pulling it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stretch/#m1) 2. To push out your arms, legs or body as far as they go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stretch/#m2) 3. To spread over a distance or time: "The beach stretches for miles." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stretch/#m3) 4. As a noun, an act of stretching, or a long piece of land, water, road or time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stretch/#m4) ### In the lessons In PE, we stretch before and after exercise to warm up and to avoid injury. In science, elastic materials like rubber bands stretch and spring back. In maths, stretching a shape makes it bigger in one direction. Phrases: stretch out, stretch your legs, a stretch of road, at a stretch, stretch the truth. ### Examples - Stretch your arms up high. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stretch/#x1) - We stretch before every race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stretch/#x2) - The rubber band stretched and then snapped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stretch/#x3) - The desert stretches for hundreds of kilometres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stretch/#x4) - That stretch of road is dangerous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stretch/#x5) - He slept for ten hours at a stretch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stretch/#x6) - Saying he caught a whale is stretching the truth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stretch/#x7) - And Karen stretched out her little foot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stretch/#x8) ### Note Regular verb: stretched, stretching; noun plural "stretches". "Stretch the truth" means exaggerate. "Stretchy" means it stretches easily. In science, materials that stretch and go back to their shape are "elastic". ## In Jewish tradition To stretch is to reach out or spread. In the Prophets and Writings God stretches out the line to measure the earth, His hand is stretched out in judgment, and a person stretches out the hands in prayer. **Interpretation.** Stretching out the hand is often a sign of God's power, as in the plagues, where Moses and Aaron stretch out a rod or hand. Tradition reads "outstretched arm" as a name for God's strength in the Exodus, said at the Passover seder. Stretching hands toward God is read as a picture of prayer. ### Examples - And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. (Torah GEN.22.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stretch/#x1) - As valleys stretched out, as gardens by the river-side; as aloes planted of the LORD, as cedars beside the waters; (Torah NUM.24.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stretch/#x2) - And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. (Torah EXO.8.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stretch/#x3) - Or who stretched the line upon it? (Writings JOB.38.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stretch/#x4) - And His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? (Prophets ISA.14.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stretch/#x5) - If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him — (Writings JOB.11.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stretch/#x6) ### Note Regular verb: stretched, stretching; noun plural "stretches". "Stretch the truth" means exaggerate. "Stretchy" means it stretches easily. In science, materials that stretch and go back to their shape are "elastic". ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «stretch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stretch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«stretch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stretch.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «stretch» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stretch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«stretch» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/stretch.html) on Mova free.